Massive melena caused by a carcinoid of the small intestine: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1000-1003

  Fujisawa, Minoru ^a   Ono, Seigo ^a   Nakayama, Yoshimi ^a   Nitta, Shingo ^a   Ishiyama, Shun ^a   Shinjoh, Kunihiro ^a   Machida, Masao ^a   Kitabatake, Toshiaki ^a   Ishibiki, Yoshirou ^a   Urao, Masahiko ^a   Kojima, Kuniaki ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Contrast CT; Massive melena

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ILEUM TUMOR; INTESTINE RESECTION; JEJUNUM; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELENA; SCINTIGRAPHY; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; MELENA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35448958100     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3523-7     Document Type: Article

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